SNCC Freedom Singers

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American musical group civil rights organization-affiliated group vocal group

The SNCC Freedom Singers were a vocal group formed during the U.S. civil rights movement that used freedom songs and performances to raise awareness and funds for the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee’s activism.

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All labels observed (3)

Label Occurrences
SNCC Freedom Singers canonical 4
Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee Freedom Singers 1
The Freedom Singers 1

Statements (47)

Predicate Object
instanceOf American musical group ⓘ
civil rights organization-affiliated group ⓘ
vocal group ⓘ
activeIn civil rights movement ⓘ
affiliatedWith Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee ⓘ
alsoKnownAs Freedom Singers ⓘ
associatedWith Albany Movement ⓘ
Freedom Rides ⓘ
voter registration drives in the U.S. South ⓘ
basedInRegion Southern United States ⓘ
surface form: American South
countryOfOrigin United States of America ⓘ
surface form: United States
formedDuring U.S. civil rights movement ⓘ
formedInPeriod early 1960s ⓘ
genre freedom songs ⓘ
gospel-influenced music ⓘ
protest music ⓘ
historicalSignificance helped popularize freedom songs as a tool of civil rights organizing ⓘ
helped raise national awareness of SNCC’s work ⓘ
ideology nonviolent direct action ⓘ
racial equality ⓘ
influenced Bernice Johnson Reagon’s group Sweet Honey in the Rock ⓘ
later freedom and protest music groups ⓘ
language English ⓘ
movementRole cultural arm of SNCC ⓘ
morale-building group for activists ⓘ
notableMember Bernice Johnson Reagon ⓘ
Charles Neblett ⓘ
Cordell Reagon ⓘ
Rutha Mae Harris ⓘ
notableSongType call-and-response songs ⓘ
marching songs ⓘ
meeting songs ⓘ
performedAt churches ⓘ
college campuses ⓘ
fundraising concerts ⓘ
mass meetings ⓘ
rallies ⓘ
performedRepertoire adapted spirituals ⓘ
freedom songs with new lyrics ⓘ
politicalAlignment civil rights ⓘ
purpose raise awareness for civil rights struggle ⓘ
raise funds for SNCC ⓘ
support nonviolent direct action ⓘ
support voter registration campaigns ⓘ
supportedOrganization Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee ⓘ
usedMedium group singing ⓘ
music ⓘ

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Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee → hasPart → SNCC Freedom Singers ⓘ
We Shall Overcome → popularizedBy → SNCC Freedom Singers ⓘ
If I Had a Hammer → recordedBy → SNCC Freedom Singers ⓘ
this entity surface form: The Freedom Singers
Bernice Johnson Reagon → memberOf → SNCC Freedom Singers ⓘ
this entity surface form: Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee Freedom Singers
Rutha Mae Harris → memberOf → SNCC Freedom Singers ⓘ
Charles Neblett → memberOf → SNCC Freedom Singers ⓘ